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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Employee Subscription Amount Per Employee

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The highest percentage of annual salary that an employee is permitted to utilize with respect to the plan.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Stockholders' Equity - Equity Incentive Plans (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2020	May 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Common Class A \| Signal Sciences Corp.
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unvested stock options assumed (in shares)	251,754
Shares issuable pursuant to the ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum deduction of eligible compensation		15.00%
Maximum purchase value during offering period, per employee		$ 25,000
Shares issuable pursuant to the ESPP \| Common Class A
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, shares reserved for future issuance (in shares)			4,600,000	3,500,000
Common stock, shares available for future issuance (in shares)			3,800,000	2,800,000
2011 Equity Incentive Plan \| Common Class B
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, shares reserved for future issuance (in shares)				23,600,000
Common stock, shares available for future issuance (in shares)				0
2011 Equity Incentive Plan \| Common Class A
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, shares reserved for future issuance (in shares)			23,600,000
Common stock, shares available for future issuance (in shares)			0
2019 Equity Incentive Plan \| Common Class A
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, shares reserved for future issuance (in shares)			25,100,000	19,400,000
Common stock, shares available for future issuance (in shares)			17,100,000	12,800,000